Vehicle-truck.



N. E. WILX. VEHICLE TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. s, 1908.

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N. E. WILGOX.

VEHICLE TRUCK.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB.6,1908.

9352874 Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

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VEHICLE TRUCK.

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lli J 1/ @wanton UNTED STATES VEHICLE-TRUCK- Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led February 6, 1908. Serial No. 1455s.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, NERIAH ELLIS WILCOX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pearce, in the county of Cochise and Territory of Arizona, have invented c rtain new and useful Improvements inVehicle-Trucks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vehicle trucks, and more particularly to the running gear therefor, and has foren object to provide a running gear for trucks including rigged front and rear axles, so that the body of the truck will he fully supported at each corner when turning.

A further object of this invention is to provide means whereby the tendency of the draft tongue ot' the truck to beat aga-inst the sides of the draft animals is minimized.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description and it will be'understood that changes in the specie structure shown and described may loe made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the present truck showing the dotted position of the front wheels during turning of the truck, Fig. Q is a front elevational View, Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a detail view of one oi' the spindles 'for the front axle, Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1, Fig. G is a detail longitudinal sectional View on tl e line 6 of Fig. 1, Fig. 7 a perspective view or' one of the links,

Referring now more pariciilnrly to the drawings, there is shown a. vehicle truck 10 comprising longitudinally extending spaced heanis 11 and 12 respectively, provided adjacent their rear ends with a rear axle 13 supported upon wheels 14, as shown.

The beams 11 and 12 are provided with braces 15, secured centrally thereof and extending forwardly and inwardly to a front axle 16 iiXed in parallel relation to the rear axle 13, and at the ends outwardly of the beams 11' and 12 respectively the aide 16 is out away horizontally as shown at l?.

sides, and provided with vertical passa Adjacent the outer ends, the 16 is provided with vertically c ndinff 1S arranged to receive verliert* of horizontally en: ending* sph spindles 20 are thus arr; I A ground wheels 21. ver Jical portie 1 of the spindles are squared as shown for a purpose to he hereinaier descrioe-d.

The axle 16 is provided with an outrmrdlv extending staple 23 arranged to receive metallic plate 24 carried by a draft tongue 25. The staple 23 is vertically disposed, and the draft tongue which is connected thereto is thus arranged for horizontal. movement The draft tongue 25 is .1rovided a transversely extending par pivoted to tue tongue as shown at 27, f i. adjacent en li end ot' the bar and pivot-ally connected the there are shown lnlts 38 ari` rear ends 29, and en. links are provided with i. passages arranged to rer ends 22 of the portions l.

It will be seen that upon truck the dra t tongue 25 will oii course swung into a position similar to that shown in dotted lines in 1 o 'he drawings, and by Ithe provision o? ly v tending 25 and th independ nty c4` ies the forward a wheels 2i will ne nation and the con". l load may euuaiy distributed truck without ingiurv as result el strain. l

lifhat is claimed is:

in a vehicle truck cwnl'iinatiw spaced side members d a lined a gaged there li, of a plate secin'ed upon the rear face oi' the axle, diagonal brace inenil bers engaged with the axle and connected centrally of the side members, a elevis wenn, her engaged through the axle and with said plate, a horizontally pivoted tongue engaged with the clevis, the opposite. end portions of said axles being cut-away on their upp of said' shaft extensions being squared, a In testimonf whereof I alfix my signature, transverselbar pivoted upon the tongue in in presence of two Witnesses. parallel re ation with the axle, and steerinff 1 A link members engaged upon said squar NPRIAH ELLIS VVLCOX' 5 portions of the spindles and secured pivot- Witnesses:

ally by their outer ends to said transverse CHARLS S. MONMONIER,

JOHN E. NEWBURY.

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